The advantages of electric vehicles aren’t limited to just being inexpensive and better for the environment. As you will see in this video, electric vehicles have the potential to outperform top-of-the-line sports cars.
Electric vehicle technology isn’t just about changing how we fuel our cars, it’s a paradigm shift in the way cars are built and function.
Electric vehicles are quieter, cleaner and cheaper to operate than their gas-powered siblings.
How much cheaper?
Consider $1.00 can power our Electric Mopeds for 500 miles. That same $1.00 used on a gas moped will only get you 20 miles! I hate to do the math for you but that’s 50 times more efficient.
Electric vehicles are more simple to fix and thus more reliable.
The main parts of an electric vehicle are the battery and the motor. Gas-powered vehicles require a fuel pump, fuel injector, carburretor, muffler, oil pump, pistons, catalytic converter, etc (you get the idea).
Electricity can come from numerous renewable energy sources including wind and solar, thus reducing environmental pollutants.
In addition to all of this, electric vehicles can use the existing electric grid and do not require the development of a new, expensive energy infrastructure (as is needed for hydrogen technology).
Many people may visit Google’s website today to find that the page has been turned completely black! Google is doing this “as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour.” This is a great example of how businesses can do their part to help better the planet. Earth Hour promotes the idea of the global community turning off their lights for one hour once a year to save energy. Last year when Sydney became the first city to participate in Earth Hour, the reduction in green house gas they achieved was the equivalent of taking 48,616 cars of the road for a day. This year 20 major cities participating this year including Copenhagen, Tel Aviv, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dubai. Earth Hour is also supported by over 2100 Corporations and celebrities such as Nelly Furtado and music group Fall Out Boy. I truly hope Earth Hour continues to grow more successful, one can imagine the potential for increased coordination to allow more frequent Earth Hours. Imagine major cities around the world reducing green house gas emissions to the equivalent of taking over 50,000 cars off the road on a monthly or even weekly basis.
Campus Bike LLC, owned and operated out of Iowa, hopes to establish itself as a burgeoning example of the bright future in electric transport and strives to fulfill the vision of a more environmentally friendly vehicle.
Happy New Year!
Today I picked up an article from The Energy Blog (which I enjoy reading regularly), it’s about an article in the January 2008 issue of Scientific American called “A Solar Grand Slam” which explains a plan that could eliminate US dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
It’s amazing the advances solar technology has made over the past decade and the potential it has for the future. Whether or not this plan becomes a reality, we can’t predict. As we all know we can’t rely on fossil fuels forever, and personally I’m not fond of nuclear energy. I truly hope that something along the lines of this plan gets put in motion.
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